A nurse (and recovering user) sees addiction sink its teeth into her own son in Brad Anderson’s sanguinary horror, captured by Björn Charpentier SBC.

A gripping family drama laced with gore, Blood follows recent divorcee Jess (Michelle Monaghan) as she moves back into her old farmhouse with her two children, Tyler (Skylar Morgan Jones) and Owen (Finlay Wojtak-Hissong). But when Owen is bitten by their pet labrador, Jess’ already fragile household implodes.

When offered the chance to work with Brad Anderson on their third shoot together, Björn Charpentier SBC leapt at the chance. But there was one small problem: “I don’t like horror movies,” the cinematographer confesses. In his eyes, Blood represented more of a love story “about a mother who will do everything to save her son. That’s something I anchored on because I’m a parent as well.”

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